Asked whether Coquelin's departure left the Gunners light on players and if he may look to bring new players in, Wenger added: "At the moment we have five big injuries and hopefully we will get some back .

"I believe that the earliest to come back is (Aaron) Ramsey and that is quite welcome because it is an area where we are a bit short at the moment.

"If we didn't lose Jack (Wilshere) tonight and have Ramsey back and (Mesut) Ozil back maybe on Sunday we would have quite good numbers. But it could look a bit short."